Awning slat



June 22, 1954 w c H cH 2,681,482

AWNING SLAT Filed June 16, 1950 I I I I I I l I I I I I ATTORNEY Patented June 22, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AWNING SLAT William C. Heirich, Muskogee, Okla. Application June 16, 1950, Serial No. 168,407

2 Claims. (01. 2057.5)

1. This invention relates to an awning slat, and more particularly to the cross sectional shape of an awning slat of the type employed in the construction of permanent awnings.

The primary object of the invention is to facilitate the constructing of a ventilated awning, or one with a tight roof structure without necessitating preselection of the type of slat to be employed. f

A further object is to provide an awning slat having a cross section that will enable it to serve the dual purpose and hence avoid the necessity of carrying in stock awning slats of different cross sectional shapes.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this invention which embodies among its features an elongated substantially rectangular base panel, having an upstanding flange along one longitudinal edge, a supporting flange on the opposite edge of said base panel which supporting flange extends upwardly and outwardly from the base panel, a cover panel supported at the upper edge of the supporting flange and extending upwardly and outwardly from the supporting flange with a downwardly extending flange at the edge thereof remote from the supporting flange.

Other features include so gauging the angle between the base panel and the supporting flange that it is always several degrees less than the angle between the supporting flange and the cover panel, so that the cover panel does not lie parallel to the base panel.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of an awning slat embodying the features of this invention; 1

Figure 2 is an end view of an enlarged scale of the slat illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a View showing a group of slats arranged to form a ventilated awning, and

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3, showing the slats reversed to form an awning having a tight roof.

Referring to the drawings in detail, an awning slat designated generally H] comprises a base panel l2 which is of elongated rectangular formation and carries along one of its longitudinal edges an upstanding flange I4. Carried by the opposite edge of the panel I2 is a supporting flange l6 which extends upwardly and outwardly from the base panel at an obtuse angle of substantially 129 degrees. Carried by the upper edge of the supporting flange l 6 is a cover panel l8 which is coextensive in length with the panel l2 and flange l6 and which projects upwardly and outwardly when viewed as in Figures 2 and 3 and terminates at its longitudinal edge remote from the supporting flange in a downturned flange 20. The panel 18 extends upwardly and outwardly from the supporting flange it at an obtuse angle which exceeds the obtuse angle formed between the base panel 12 and the supporting flange and measures approximately 133 degrees. The exact angular relation between the supporting flange l6 and the cover panel I8 is not critical so long as it exceeds the angular relation between the base panel l2 and the supporting flange It. It is to be understood, of course, that the panel It must extend angularly with relation to the flange l6 and consequently cannot extend parallel therewith so that it should under no circumstances approach 180 degrees or the function of the panel [8 as a covering panel would be destroyed.

In use, a group of slats I0 is secured in any suitable manner as by bolts 22 to a support 24 such as an angle iron. These slats are arranged with the base panels 12 resting on the supports for the awning with the cover panels it extending part way over the base panel of the next adjacent slat, but out of contact therewith so as to form a ventilated structure. When it is desired to construct an awning with a tight roof, a group of slats It is mounted on a suitable support 25 such as an angle iron with the edges of the cover panels I8 carrying the flanges 2i, resting on the support and the flanges Id of the base panels I: interengaged so that the edges of the flanges M lie on the cover panels l8 adjacent their respective flanges '20. In this way, the panels it become reversed in function so that they serve as the base panels while the panels I 2 serve as cover panels, and neither the base panels !2 nor the cover panels I 8 lie parallel with the top of the support 26. Assembled in this manner, the slats l0 form a tight roof.

It will thus be seen that with the single cross sectional shape herein described, a ventilated awning or a tight awning can be constructed so that it is unnecessary for the installer to carry more than one type of awning slat in stock, and at the same time he is in a position to supply his customers with either ventilated or tight awnings.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred form of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. An awning slat comprising an elongate substantially rectangular base panel, an upstanding fiange carried by said base panel along one longitudinal edge thereof, a supporting flange carried by said base panel along the longitudinal side edge thereof remote from the upstanding flange, said supporting flange extending upwardly and outwardly from said base panel at an angle therewith greater than 90 and not more than 129, a cover panel carried by the supporting flange at the edge thereof remote from the base panel, said cover panel eX- tending upwardly from the supporting flange in a direction away from the base panel and forming an obtuse angle with the supporting flange of not more than 133," and a downwardly extending flange carried by the cover panel at the edge thereof remote from the supporting flange.

V 2. An awning slat comprising an elongate, substantially rectangular base panel, an upstanding flange carried by said base panel along one longitudinal edge thereof, a supporting flange carried by said base panel along the longitudinal side edge thereof remote from the upstanding flange, said supporting flange extending upwardly and outwardly from said base panel at an obtuse angle lying between 128 and 130 degrees, a cover panel carried by the supporting flange at the edge thereof remote from the base panel, said cover panel extending upwardly and outwardly from said supporting flange at an obtuse angle lying between 132 and 134 degrees, and a downwardly extending flange carried by the cover panel at -theedge thereof remote from the supporting References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,474,718 'Auble June 28, 1949 2,486,660 Kurtz Nov. 1, 1949 

